Does yay play Neon?

The comp is:
Chamber
Harbor
Sova
Viper/Astra/Omen
Gekko/KayO/Breach

Essentially, Chamber fills two important roles of oping and holding site/flank, essentially combining a Jett (oping part only) and a Killjoy into one, slightly less effective version of both. The reason for this is to open up other roles - namely, double controller and double intiator.

Harbor is I think the best smoker for this map, he's the only smoker that can effectively smoke B and he should fit well with execs and postplants.

In a relatively big map like this Sova seems like the best choice for an initiator.

Pairing Harbor with another dome smoker is kind of ballsy but I think it can be done on Abyss, Astra can make up for the lack of defense, and Omen can too a little, but also add an extra layer of entry since there isn't a Duelist. Viper of course synergizes with Harbor well already, and also adds defense that the comp somewhat lacks.

Finally, I think double Inititator will be pretty strong on this map - execs will be common and there's a lot of angles to clear, particularly on B. Gekko facilitates plants well and his Dizzy is excellent info. KAYO is great for execs and has lots of util to stall - same with Breach. If I had to guess I'd say KAYO/Breach works better with Omen, and Gekko works better with Viper/Astra, with the former being slightly more exec-leaning, and the latter being more post-plant-leaning.

Example roles: 100T
Chamber - Cryo
Harbor - bang
Sova - eeiu
Astra - Boostio
Gekko - Asuna

GenG:
Chamber - Meteor
Harbor - Munchkin
Sova - Lakia
Omen - Karon
KAY/O - t3xture

NRG:
Chamber - Victor
Harbor - s0m
Sova - crashies
Omen - Ethan
Breach - FNS

FNC:
Chamber - Derke
Harbor - Boaster
Sova - Chronicle
Viper - Alfajer
Gekko - Leo

Thoughts?

this would lowkey be really interesting. see how ppl like chet, elmapuddy, etc., actually control their team.

d3ffo?

Breeze could be Jinggg Reyna maybe

F0rsaken: Cypher
d4v41: Viper
Mindfreak: Sova
something: Jett

He's also played kayo in the past, idk if thatd work as well

s0m in most maps is probs gonna play smokes but can he play jett if vic plays kayo and ethan plays omen?

or is it better to keep vic jett, s0m omen, ethan kayo?

wtf does anyone know what happened?

jinboong is the new suygetsu

me

100% this, the writing is impeccable and Liu's ideas are so well thought out. Definitely worth a read

damn

my childhood

holy heavyweight matchup

wtf is this 2023 ahh comp

i read her other series, it's pretty spicy apparently so be warned

bro premoved

Split:
Demon1 Jett
Victor Raze
Ethan Omen
Marved Viper
Crashies Skye

This one is solid, I don't think the comp/roles are the reason they lost to 100T.

Ascent/Breeze:
Demon1 Jett
Victor Killjoy/Cypher
Ethan KAY/O
Marved Omen/Viper
Crashies Sova

Same, I don't see anything wrong with the comps themselves.

Okay, now onto the fun stuff:
Bind:
Demon1 Brimstone
Victor Raze
Ethan KAY/O
Marved Viper
Crashies Skye

Icebox:
Demon1 Omen
Victor Killjoy
Ethan Sage
Marved Viper
Crashies Gekko

Sunset:
Demon1 Chamber
Victor Raze
Ethan Breach
Marved Omen
Crashies Fade

Lotus:
Demon1 Jett
Victor Raze
Ethan Omen
Marved Astra
Crashies Skye

Now for some out-of-rotation maps, depending on if/how they come back in:

Haven:
Demon1 Jett
Victor Killjoy
Ethan Breach
Marved Astra
Crashies Sova

Pearl:
Demon1 Killjoy
Victor Neon
Ethan KAY/O
Marved Astra
Crashies Fade

Fracture:
Demon1 Jett
Victor Raze
Ethan Breach
Marved Brimstone
Crashies KAY/O

NGL these are all just random ideas that came together. Whats yalls thoughts? too much cooking?

nahhhhhh

I rly like this, good stuff

omg wtf i called it

NRG hasnt touched Lotus yet no? could be tripping though.
The problem with EG picking Split is that NRG happen to have comfort roles that work (Demon1 Jett / Vic Raze) and they're like what, 2-1 on it? Haven't lost since the SEN game. I''d venture to say it's their third best map behind Breeze/Ascent, and I think that Sunset is a good pick for EG.

100% agree with your first point tho

EG really needs to pick Lotus/Icebox/Bind/Sunset imo, NRG have rly only looked good on Breeze (and Ascent, though that was earlier in the year), maybe Split. They havent proven that they know what to do on Raze maps, and they've been perma-ing Icebox.

Possible veto?:
EG ban Breeze, NRG ban Icebox
EG pick Lotus, NRG pick Ascent
EG ban Split, NRG ban Bind
Sunset remains

IMO as long as EG bans Breeze, NRG will ban Icebox and pick Ascent. Then, EG needs to pick one of Lotus/Bind/Sunset and ban Split. The map pool will be highly advantageous to them then.

what

CLOVE!

are you referring to the no duelist sage comp? Ethan is still the only one that can play Sage on the team. It'd still have to look something like:
Ethan Sage
Marved Viper
Demon1 Omen
Victor KAY/O
crashies Gekko

not me hoping Victor would be higher T_T

Run no senti? Raze maps are currently Lotus/Sunset/Bind/Split. The latter two are OK for no-senti, but Lotus really needs a KJ, and Sunset really needs a Cypher. And if you have Vic on senti, then Demon1 must Raze - there really isn't another option. The question arises: who plays senti if Vic is playing Raze? Demon1? crashies?

Take Lotus, for example. It could be Victor Raze, Marved Viper, Demon1 Astra, Ethan Skye, crashies Killjoy.
Or Victor Raze, Marved Viper, Demon1 Killjoy, Ethan Omen, crashies Fade.

Point is, I highly doubt running Viper, double initiator, 0 senti is gonna work every map - either Demon1/crashies must play off-role on senti on Raze maps.

https://strawpoll.com/w4nWrvKvWyA

you could put him on Omen :D

probs f0rsaken lmao

like Lotus comp:
Aspas Raze
Less Viper
f0rsaken Omen
Verno Fade
FNS Killjoy

or Ascent comp
Aspas Jett
Less Killjoy
f0rsaken Omen
Verno Sova
FNS KAY/O

MaKo
KCorp
Bind
F0rsaken
Haven
FNS
Chet
LEV
MIBR
Russia
M80
something

Less
Demon1
Aspas
Alfajer
Jinggg
Leo
F0rsaken
MaKo
zekken
Texture
TenZ
Berlin

no way FURIA was the only team to take a map off of KRU

wasnt there something about ego issues?

wtf how'd waterloo get matched up against maryville :/

that aproto 3k at the end tho 🥵
sheriff god

wtf is pancc still doing in the league

only if he has an extra monitor

russ has a dual citizenship iirc

bump!

takas

Contendors:
Victor
Zyppan
qRaxs just because
Ethan
saadhak

Title

sym drops 60 and wins

lotsa new names which is good

Looking at the first term, n=1, we have:
(-1)^n x^2n = (-1)^1 x^2(1) = -(x^2)
Then 2nd term is:
(-1)^2 x^2(2) = x^4
Then 3rd term is -(x^6)
So we can see that n=1, or the a-value, is -(x^2), and the common ratio is -(x^2), since it goes up by a power of 2 each time, and flips the sign.

Like akira said, the sum of an infinite geometric series is a/(1-r), so here we have:
Sum = -(x^2)/(1- -(x^2))
= - (x^2/1+x^2)

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what the shit

bro put curry instead of pancada

I'm an NRG fan too, and I think its too early to say we're better than LOUD.